Rocky desertification and its causes in karst areas: A case study in Yongshun County, Hunan Province, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1481-1488

  Xiong, Y J ^a   Qiu, G Y ^a   Mo, D K ^b   Lin, H ^b   Sun, H ^b   Wang, Q X ^c   Zhao, S H ^a   Yin, J ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy rainfall; Karst rocky desertification; Remote sensing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DISSOLUTION RATES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HEAVY RAINFALL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUNAN PROVINCE , CHINA; KARST AREAS; KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT ETM+; LANDSAT TM; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SOIL EROSION; STUDY AREAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEMPERATURE;

WEATHERING;

BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 67650083591     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1425-7     Document Type: Article

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